60 New APIs in 30 Days
Date : 2008 08 01 Category : Tech & Development ProgrammableWeb
At ProgrammableWeb we have been monitoring the emergence of mashups and APIs since 2005, and while there has always been steady growth, this year has seen an accelerating acceptance of APIs as a business strategy. The most recent evidence is that over 60 API entries have been added to our database in the last 30 days.
As recently as April, we were commenting on reaching 40 entries a month. It’s clear that APIs directed to the consumer have reached a level of maturity and widespread usage among the Web 2.0 upstarts and major Internet players, while enterprise usage is following right behind.
Let’s look at how the 60 break down by number in each category:
8 in the Social API category 5 Search API category 4 Music APIs, and 4 Government APIs 3 Mapping APIs, Medical APIs, Reference APIs 2 each under Internet API, Photo API, Other API, Travel API, Email API, Messaging API,